Assistant Professor, School of Behavior Analysis
B.S. University of Florida
M.Ed. Vanderbilt University
Ph.D. Vanderbilt University
Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA)
Dr. Harvey has provided applied behavior analysis services for children and adults with disabilities in a variety of settings for 18 years. Special interests have included assessment and treatment of severe problem behavior, teaching functional replacement skills, evaluating the effects of health conditions and medications on behavior, and working with families and caregivers to develop their competencies as interventionists.
Evaluation and treatment of severe aggression and property destruction of a man with mental retardation in a community supported living facility.
Functional analysis, functional assessment and treatment of self-injury in a man with Cornelia de Lange syndrom e.
Evaluation of learning performance in children with autism using multiple schedules of reinforcement.
Roberts, C., Yoder, P. J., & Kennedy, C. H. (2005). Descriptive analysis of epileptic
Seizures and problem behavior in adults with developmental disabilities. American Journal on Mental Retardation, 110, 405-412.
Roberts, C. & Kennedy, C. H. (2005). Positive and negative reinforcement. In J. T.
Neisworth & P. Wolfe (Eds.), Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders Dictionary. Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes.
Valdovinos, M., Roberts, C., & Kennedy, C. H. (2005). Functional analysis of tardive
dyskinesia: Implications for assessment and treatment. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 38, 239-242.
Valdovinos, M. G., Caruso, M., Roberts, C., Kim, G., & Kennedy, C. H. (2005). Medical
and behavioral symptoms as potential medication side effects in adults with
developmental disabilities. American Journal on Mental Retardation, 110, 164170.
Valdovinos, M., Roberts, C., & Kennedy, C. H. (2004). Analogue functional analysis of
movements associated with tardive dyskinesia. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 37, 391-393.
Harvey, M. T., Smith, R. L., Caruso, M., Roberts, C., Patterson, T. G., May, M. E.,
Valdovinos, M. G., & Kennedy, C. H. (2004). Possible role for the 5-HT1A receptor on the behavioral effects of REM sleep deprivation on free-operant avoidance responding in rat. Psychopharmacology, 176, 123-128.
Caruso, M., Harvey, M. T., Roberts, C., Patterson, T. G., & Kennedy, C.H. (2002).
Differential effects of Carbamazepine on negatively versus positively reinforced responding. Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior, 74, 221-227.
Email aharvey@fit.edu
Harris Commons, 365
Phone: (321) 674-7139
Assessment and treatment of problem behavior:
Dr. Harvey employs functional analysis and functional assessment procedures to evaluate and treat problem behavior of children and adults with autism and related disabilities in community and research settings. Recent areas of interest include evaluation of medical conditions as potential motivating operations for problem behavior, study of gene-brain-behavior relations for severe problem behavior, and preparing teachers and families to implement effective behavior supports at school and home.
Teaching functional skills:
Dr. Harvey is interested in assessment and development of programming to educate children with special needs in areas such as language and communication, social skills, self-care, and activities of daily living. She is particularly focused on serving children and adults with severe or profound intellectual delays, or severe symptoms of autism.
Dr. Harvey has published papers in journals such as the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, Physiology and Behavior, the American Journal on Mental Retardation,Psychopharmacology, and Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior.
